Bottle-holder.



I. w. GHEEN.

BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1916.

1 ,1 89,442. Patented July 4, 1916.

JOHN W.GHEEN UNITED STATES PATENT JOHN W. GHEEN, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE-HOLDER.

specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved bottle holder and has for its primary object to provide a very simply constructed and serviceable holder for milk bottles and the like which will effectually prevent the theft of the bottle or the possibility of its removal from the holder.

It is another and more particular object of the invention to provide a device of the above character embodying a supporting bracket adapted to be fixed upon a door frame contiguous to the outer face of the door, and a bottle holder or clamp having means to cooperatively engage the bracket whereby the holder is retained in connection therewith and its removal from the bracket precluded when the door is closed.

It is a further general object of the invention to produce a device for the above purpose which is exceedingly simple in its construction and may, therefore, be manufactured at small cost and is also so constructed that the same may be easily and quickly applied to a bottle or removed therefrom.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure l is a perspective. view illustrating my invention as applied in actual use; Fig. 2 is a top plan view showingthe bottle clamp or holder disposed in position to be removed from the bracket; Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. at is a detail sectional view through the bracket.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5

designates a bracket plate which may be of any desired ornamental form and is adapted to be secured to the door jamb or frame F contiguous to the outer face of the door indicated at D and adjacent the free edge thereof when the door is closed. This Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 25, 1916. Serial No. 86,718.

bracket plate is centrally formed with a lug or extension 6 having a vertically disposed keyhole slot or opening 7 formed therein.

The bottle clamp or holder consists of two substantially semi-circular sections 8 and 9 respectively, each of which is formed from a metal bar of requisite width and thickness. provided upon one end with a longitudinally extending arm or shank 10, upon the extremity of which a cylindrical pintle 11 is integrally formed and projects at right angles from said arm. This pintle is provided upon one side with a key' lug 12 which is adapted for movement through the rectangular portion of the keyhole slot 7 in the bracket lug 6. At the juncture of the arm 10 of the holder section 8 with the semicircular bottle engaging portion thereof, a groove or recess is provided to receive an car 13 projecting from one end of the section 9 of the holder. This ear is perforated to receive the pivot pin 14 which is fixed in the section 8 of the holder. The other end of the semi-circular portion of the holder section 8 is bifurcated, as shown at 15, and

upon one side of said holder section, at this bifurcated end, a metal block 16 is securely fixed. This block is formed with a socket 17 coinciding with an opening 18 in one arm of the bifurcated end of the holder section 8. The pin 19 is loosely movable in said socket and opening and has a flange or head 20 formed upon one end which limits its movement in one direction. The other end of said pin is beveled, as at 21. The opposed end of the other semi-circular holder section 9 is formed with a longitudinally projecting, rectangular lug 22 having a groove 23 in itsupper surface. This lug is adapted to fit within the bifurcated end of the holder section 8 and the beveled end of the pin 19 engages in the groove 23 and se curely locks the abuting ends of the two holder sections in connection with each other. The pin normally maintains its locking position by gravity.

In the use of the invention, it will be understood that the bracket 5 is fixed to the door jamb with the rectangular portion of the keyhole slot 7 projecting outwardly with respect to the face of the door. man places the neck of the bottle between the holder sections 8 and 9 and the section 9 isclosed and its free end locked in connec- The section 8 of the holder is The milktion with the holder section 8 by the pin 19,

. as above described,- the bottle resting upon the door sill. The pintle 11 is then inserted through the keyhole slot, and in order that the lug 12 may pass through the rectangular portion 7 of the slot, it is apparent that the door must be opened. After engaging the pintle in the bracket, the same is turned and the arm 10 swung outwardly so as to posi tion the holder section 8 beyond the plane of the door face when the door is closed. Thus, it will be apparent that the holder cannot be swung inwardly as such movement will be prevented by the door, and the section 9 of the holder cannot be separated from the section 8 in order to remove the bottle as these holder sections are securely locked by the pin 19. The outward swinging movement of the holder will be limited by the bar or arm 10 striking the edge of the door jamb or frame and, therefore, the holder cannot be swung to such a position as would dispose the key lug 12 in alinement with the rectangular portion of the slot or opening 7 in the bracket plate. Thus, all efforts to remove the bottle from the holder or the holder from the bracket will be frustrated. The empty bottle is placed between the jaws 8 and 9, but the same are not fastened or locked together so that the bottle may be removed by the milkman and replaced with a full bottle. He then forces the end of the jaw 9 toward the jaw 8 so that the pin 19 will securely lock the jaw 9 in its closed position. When it is desired to remove the bottle after opening the door D, the holder is swung inwardly so that the pintle 11 may be lifted through the keyhole slot in the bracket lug. The holder and bottle are now inverted so that the locking pin 19 will drop out of the groove 23 in the lug 22 and thus permit the section 9 of the holder to swing to its open position so that the bottle may be removed.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it is believed that the construction, manner of use and several advantages of my invention will be clearly and fully understood.

It will be seen that I have devised a very reliable and efficient for the purposes in view, as it will effectively prevent surreptitious removal or theft of the bottle.

The device can, of course, be constructed in various sizes and the form and construction of the holder sections varied in order to receive and secure difierent kinds of bottles or receptacles. The several detail parts of the invention are also susceptible of considerable modification in their form, construction and arrangement, and I, therefore, reserve the privilege of adopting all such legitimate changes as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1. A bottle holder including a supporting 7O bracket, in combination with a bottle holding device including pivotally connected holding jaws, one of said jaws being provided with means for locking connection with the bracket, and means for locking the jaws together in their closed position upon a bottle when the device is mounted in the bracket, said locking means including a gravity movable part movable to its released position when the device is removed from the bracket and inverted, whereby the jaws may be opened.

2. A bottle holding device including a fixed bracket, in combination with the holding device proper including pivotally connected bottle holding jaws, one of said jaws being provided with means for locking the same in connection with the bracket, said means being of such construction as to prevent removal of the device from the bracket except when the device is disposed in a predetermined position, and means for locking the jaws together upon the bottle when the device is mounted upon the bracket, said locking means including a gravity movable bolt moving to its released position upon the removal of the device from the bracket and the inversion thereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN W. GHEEN. Vitnesses:

TVALTER V. AsHBY, l EVERETT l TOWNSEND.

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